politics

some countries like Indonesia are just not gonna do anything afaik

I want Nintendo to raise prices above what the tarrifs would cost

fuck it

indonesia's stock exchange went off a cliff

They should just make it worth $1000 and see if Americans still buy it (they will)

They should make it cheaper but upcharge games to 150

(they won't)

Spooky bias aside, the Switch 2 is mostly compelling to people because of hype and fomo

the actual product is lacking

Its compelling in the same way all Nintendo consoles are compelling

people like Nintendo games

they are always lacking

sorry didn't include the /s ;P

LOL?

Wii and Switch 1 are a whole different level

it's going to sell through launch stock of course, I'm not crazy

I think theres an argument to be made that lots of parents won't buy the switch 2 because "they already have a switch"

irregardless of price

Price won't help though

but I do not see it being continually in-demand after the launch hype and scarcity wears off

vxtwitter did the tranny shit way before fx

I think it will sell well enough. Pricepoint will hurt it more than anything

I think most people do not give a shit about technical specs

they really need to make Mario Kart World compelling in that direct

I think most people will see/hear lukewarm reception, see no big system selling games

and wait on it

I mean idk normies love mario kart

even my girlfriend likes it

Yes, but the people waiting will be wittled away with each game Nintendo releases that people actually want

short term sales might not be the height switch 1 was, but I think overall the system does fine

I agree with that Pika, but I think Nintendo needs to get there

Nintendo is at zero risk of not getting there. They just need to drop one of their big IPs in the first year (zelda or mario), and they will do just fine

Nintendo's in no danger as a company, but the Switch 2 is absolutely not a sure thing in the market

I think the market literally collapsing around it will make analysis harder to be fair

all the normies with their non-4k tvs that don't support 120fps and HDR don't even know what frame rate means

any 'new' product sells out of the gate, there are essentially zero products that don't have a wave of hype at launch

even if they're lackluster

Doesn't matter leg, they hear 4k, even if they can't even run it, and think thats great

Leg, that's also not true at all, framerates are a HUGE selling point to normies

even if their TV doesn't support it or they don't know how to turn it on

I think just 1080

I did not buy a 4k tv, thats for sure

4k tvs aren't very expensive

Switch 2 will set a bunch of launch records, there's no risk that it doesn't if you want one launch day you won't be able to walk into a store and get one

and I think it'll be ~3 weeks until stock catches up

and by then its second game will be soon to release

and then the hype dies down a lot, maybe Holiday 2026 Nintendo will have a big second wave of success

but I don't think their Year 1 roadmap so far is that compelling to kids and non-Nintendo diehards

price being more than a PS5 doesn't help

mario kart is the most normie thing they have so its a good launch title

and then they are hoping that silly donkey kong works

imo, Mario Kart is a great pack-in and an amazing 2nd game but I don't think it's a system seller on its own it's the game that everyone who buys a Switch 2 will own, but not the one they buy the console for (aside from people buying it on-launch regardless)

I don't think the average middle class perst

can get a switch 2 rn

for a family for Christmas

ngl

most middle class people i know have switch lites.

maybe they should get pokemon colosseum finished and market it hard for gamecube emulation

I don't think the switch 2 has enough oomph to make it relevant enough to go farther

also

kids dont even play video games anymore

ngl

it's all tiktok annd Minecraft

i think the switch 2 wont do incredible but it'll due fine just due to the "wave"

the core feature of gamechat was meant to emulate college hangouts so kids might not even be the intended audience

yeah all those college kids

not using face time

or discord

the switch 2 is a poorly marketed poorly targeted clusterfuck

screenshare without capture cards is a decent feature

how many people have tables you can sit at and use a joycon with a mouse with in your living room

Leg, I read that interview too, I go back to I think Nintendo executed 10% of the idea that would have been wildly successful 5 years ago

as in sit straight up, and use the joycon like a mouse

i have never seen a single living room in my entire life where that's possible unless you sit on the floor

they said somewhere it works on your leg

oh woooow

you try playing a game with your mouse on your leg on a couch

see how fun it is

i did it as a kid and it was miserable

that was the one use for trackball mice as a kid